Dear X, Your letter accuses me of having my head in the clouds or someplace else I won’t mention. You don’t want “support,” you tell me. You want “money.” I was already talking about money. Money is a concretized form of support. When we talk about needing money, what we are usually after is access. […]
All Risks Risk Rejection
Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child’s loss of a doll and a king’s loss of a crown are events of the same. – Mark Twain All risk risks rejection. The sting of criticism can create a spiral of shame. Bitten by shame, it is […]
My World is a World of Love and My Love is A Loving World
The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart. The light which fills the heart is the light of God. My heart is a home for God. God is a home for my heart. I am large enough to hold God’s entire world within me. I am small enough that […]
I Anticipate Great Good and Open My Heart to It
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. -Jean Houston I am alert to new beginnings. I open my heart to bless the “hello” that comes to me uninvited and unexpected. I bring to my world a child’s openness to new companions. I allow myself to be met. […]
See the Beauty that Surrounds You
You turn a blind eye on the beauty that surrounds you. You are focused on harsh, unpleasant things. You call your focus realism. You cling to it like a barnacle to a rock. Listen to me. Allow my voice to reach your stubborn ears. This earth is beautiful. There is at least as much beauty […]
Spiritually Correct
Like bad critics focused on the infractions of a constructed aesthetic theory, Spiritually Correct people focus on “rules”, not beauty or content. What I want to know is, how did all the rules get in here? Maybe they’re so strict and skinny that they slipped in through the cracks like a tall, scary character that […]
Interest in Creativity, But No Belief?
Making art is an act of faith. It does take courage to share ourselves with the world. I call myself a “floor sample” of my own tool kit: my tools are born of practice, not theory. One of the questions I am most frequently asked is whether I still do Morning Pages and Artist’s Dates […]
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